TY - JOUR
T1 - Some remarks on a generalization of the superintegrable chiral Potts model
AU - Baxter, R. J.
PY - 2009/12
Y1 - 2009/12
N2 - The spontaneous magnetization of a two-dimensional lattice model can be expressed in terms of the partition function W of a system with fixed boundary spins and an extra weight dependent on the value of a particular central spin. For the superintegrable case of the chiral Potts model with cylindrical boundary conditions, W can be expressed in terms of reduced Hamiltonians H and a central spin operator S. We conjectured in a previous paper that W can be written as a determinant, similar to that of the Ising model. Here we generalize this conjecture to any Hamiltonians that satisfy a more general Onsager algebra, and give a conjecture for the elements of S.
AB - The spontaneous magnetization of a two-dimensional lattice model can be expressed in terms of the partition function W of a system with fixed boundary spins and an extra weight dependent on the value of a particular central spin. For the superintegrable case of the chiral Potts model with cylindrical boundary conditions, W can be expressed in terms of reduced Hamiltonians H and a central spin operator S. We conjectured in a previous paper that W can be written as a determinant, similar to that of the Ising model. Here we generalize this conjecture to any Hamiltonians that satisfy a more general Onsager algebra, and give a conjecture for the elements of S.
KW - Lattice models
KW - Statistical mechanics
KW - Transfer matrices
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=74449091543&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s10955-009-9778-1
DO - 10.1007/s10955-009-9778-1
M3 - Article
SN - 0022-4715
VL - 137
SP - 798
EP - 813
JO - Journal of Statistical Physics
JF - Journal of Statistical Physics
IS - 5
ER -